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(ModeL) H. E. ALLEN.

I Stereotype Plate Holder.

No. 242,244. 4' Patented May 31,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. ALLEN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STEREOTYPE-PLATE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,244, dated May 31, 1881.

Application filed August 23, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, H. E. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, and in the State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stereotype-Plate Holders; and I hereby declare that the following is a full description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for securing or fastening sections of electrotype or stereotype plates to the bases upon which they are supported when made up for printing, and at the same time allow dashes and leads to beinserted between the sections ofthe plates when the bases or supporters are continuous for any certain length in the column.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Figures 1, 2, and 3 are perspective views of sectional plates used in newspaper-columns, together with the bases or supporters of the plates which render them available for printing by giving them the same height as type.

B B B are sections of electrotype or stereotype plates, and A A A are bases or supporters for these plates when used for printing.

D D D are longitudinal grooves through the upper central part of the bases A A A, designed to extend the entire length of each colu mn when made up in forms? for newspapers, or the length of any section of base whereless than a column length is used.

F, Fig. 4, represents a clasp or fastening made of any suitable metal. The shape and size of the flange I) correspond laterally with the groove D D D. The flange or rib g is designed to be inserted in a slot or incision made in each end of every section of plate, as is shown in Fig. 5 and marked G. The clasp, as it is secured in the bases A A A, and as it is designed to be inserted in the slot or incision G for the purpose of securin g the plate B, is represented in Fig. 2.

0, Fig. 6, represents a dash used between articles in newspapers. It is secured in the forms precisely as the clasp F, Fig. 4, and 1ts relative position between articles is represented v by C, Fig. 1.

F, Fig. 7, is a clasp or fastening provided with a flange or rib on either side, f and f, and is secured in the forms by means of the flange d similarly as the clasp and dash be fore described. It is used where no dash is required and where it is desirable to secure the conjoined ends of two sections of plates with the same clasp or fastening. It is represented by F, Fig. 3, showing its position when used for securing the plate B. Leads used for justifying the plates may be made the same shape as the dash C, but sufficiently low not to print.

The clasp F, Fig. 4, may be made in combination with the dash 0, Fig. 6; or any projection or flange on the side of the dash G to be inserted in the slots in the ends of the plates marked G, Fig. 5, would secure the plates B on the bases D, as before described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved stereotype-plate holder consisting of the clasp F, provided with one or more lateral flanges for insertion in the slots in the ends of the plates 13, and having the dovetailed flange b for insertion in the groove D in block A, whereby the plates are adapted for longitudinal adjustment and for being se- 2. The block A, provided with groove D, in combination with slotted plates B, clasp F, having lateral flange g and dovetailed projection I), and dash 0, having dovetailed flange a, whereby the plates and dash may be adjustably secured in position, substantiallyas described.

ALBERT W. MARSHALL, GHARLEs W. WADLEY.

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